Diminished sixth scale

1. What is the sixth diminished scale?
2. What is a diminished 6th chord?
3. What are the chords in a diminished scale?

What is the sixth diminished scale?

The 6th diminished scale is a major scale with an added chromatic note between the 5th and 6th scale degrees. ... This added note creates a unique set of diatonic arpeggios that alternate between the tense sound of the V7b9, (The diminished 7th chords are a common sub for V7) and the resolved sound of I6.

What is a diminished 6th chord?

In classical music from Western culture, a diminished sixth ( Play (help·info)) is an interval produced by narrowing a minor sixth by a chromatic semitone.

What are the chords in a diminished scale?

Every diminished scale contains 8 consonant chords and includes, for each of them, its corresponding relative chord (Major or minor) and its parallel chord (that is, the one obtained by changing the mode). Furthermore, it contains every diminished chord formed by considering any note of the scale as the root.